New Tour Diary Entry

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Adelaide, Australia 03/04/2004

March 4th, 2004
Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Oval

Adelaide was very nice, mainly due to the fact that my hotel room was so wonderful I would have been content to live in it. It was a gorgeous room that had the most heavenly bed imaginable, a bathroom bigger than my bedroom at home and a very nice sized balcony. So, our first night in Adelaide I walked to get dinner, but promptly headed back to my room, lit a candle, turned some music on and sat on the balcony and drank tea. How’s that for being a party animal?? The next night we loaded in. Again, we were playing the outdoor cricket field as we did in Perth, it was great...huge, hot, green grass, breeze, and all the boys had their shirts off, which is always much appreciated if you’re me.

The funny thing about playing the Oval is that there are two lawn bowling greens right next to the production office, so the wall to wall windows in production overlook a bunch of cute old men playing lawn bowling. It was a kick. It’s not often that you can sit and watch little old men in big hats play lawn bowling at a gig. It’s a first for me, that’s for sure.

But on with the show...

For the first time someone came up to me before the show to let me know that they enjoy these little tour diaries, so that was nice. I forget when I’m writing these that people actually read them, the funny thing is I don’t know if it’s ten people reading them or a thousand. I just sit in my hotel room and blab for 20 minutes, so it was a strange feeling to have a real person standing there discussing it with me. Anyhow, I appreciated the compliment.

We had golf carts again today. Only these golf carts must have been the oldest golf carts in the world. They sounded like they had a diesel engine, it would have been more comfortable to drive Stevie to the stage in a riding lawn mower. And to top it off, when you reverse in golf carts they typically make a beeping sound to alert people you’re backing up. Well, these carts sounded like dying cows when you backed up, I can’t even describe it, but combine the diesel engine sound and the dying cow beeps and it sent both Lindsey and Stevie into hysterics. I also found myself in a bit of an Austin Powers situation while trying to turn around in a very tight space. I had Lindsey in the cart with me at the time, and I practically wedged us in between two walls, it took me a good 5 minutes to get us out of it. I would have been able to do it faster but we were laughing so hard that my motor skills were not functioning properly. At least the old, run down golf carts provided some good entertainment.

This was another gig where we were actually on stage with the band, as opposed to being hidden six feet below the the stage, so I did a lot of ducking and hiding when the lights were shining on us. Neale Heywood played barefoot, I’m not entirely sure why, but it was funny none the less. Another thing about being on stage is that Stevie stands behind Brett Tuggle a few times during the show, and usually I’m out of sight, but at these types of gigs I’m only a few feet from her. So she’s taken to calling me over to tell me something or ask me something in the middle of the show. Three times I crawled behind Brett Tuggle to speak to her. I looked up at Brett and he looked at me like “What are you doing here?”

The show went well, I couldn’t see the crowd very well but everyone I talked to said that it was a really good crowd. After the show there were a few people up front asking for things like set lists, towels, beads, roses etc... The weird thing was that a few of them knew my name, which kind of threw me for a loop. I hate to cut it so short today, but to be honest, Adelaide was just a great show, and other than a few golf cart antics and a barefoot guitar player, I don’t have much to tell you. Some days are funnier than others I guess.

Our next stop is Sydney, the final city on our Australian adventure. Three more shows and then we’re homebound.

CB

[wondergirl9847]

and all the boys had their shirts off, which is always much appreciated if you’re me.

Hehe.

combine the diesel engine sound and the dying cow beeps and it sent both Lindsey and Stevie into hysterics.

I would love to hear them laugh hysterically!!

I also found myself in a bit of an Austin Powers situation while trying to turn around in a very tight space. I had Lindsey in the cart with me at the time, and I practically wedged us in between two walls, it took me a good 5 minutes to get us out of it.

LMAO!!

The weird thing was that a few of them knew my name, which kind of threw me for a loop.

Wouldn't know anything about that.

LOL

Three more shows and then we’re homebound.

"So, I'll have another drink and a cigarrette just to console myself some how-ow..."

[4Buck]

I had Lindsey in the cart with me at the time, and I practically wedged us in between two walls, it took me a good 5 minutes to get us out of it. I would have been able to do it faster but we were laughing so hard that my motor skills were not functioning properly. At least the old, run down golf carts provided some good entertainment.

COOOOOOOOOOL!